So maybe you will ask: “what will raids' loot rules be for BoEs? My guild typically does open rolls for BoE items that aren't needed wow gold, so that's probably what we'll do. But how will DKP guilds handle rogue builds talent? Will people who need it for their alts get precedence? Will they be auctioned off and the funds added to the guild bank, if nobody needs them? I guess it'll vary depending on the guild. But between these BoEs and Heirloom items buyable with badges, raiding is going to be a lot more interesting for those of us with many alts.”
Who can know this? According to Verimonde, each boss will have one BoE item on its gold rogue lockpicking . This has a few obvious benefits, as Verimonde points out: More trickle-down items from raiding - non-raiders, be they alts, friends, or just random AH patrons, get access to a few raid items More excitement - even if nobody needs anything from the boss, there's still a chance to get a potentially lucrative BoE (and badges, of course) Another income source for raid guilds Although it isn't mentioned specifically, I expect that this BoE philosophy will extend to all raid bosses in Wrath. I think it's a nice idea. Let's say the average 10-man boss has a 12-item loot table and drops 2 items from it plus badges. If one of these items is made BoE, there's roughly a 17% chance to get it, which sounds reasonable.
My guess is that it will take a gold rogue lockpicking wowgold few months for these to trickle down into the AH, and then it will start with the items dropping in the entry level raids. I've no concerns about people grinding for gold instead of raiding; even this close to wrath, BOE crafted items are still prohibitively expensive in the AH on my server. Not a perfect analogy, but my point is that I expect guilds are more likely to hoard them and if they do sell them, it would be at a very high premium. No opinion on the gold-buying, other than to say that there is nothing stopping people from doing that today with the high end BOE crafted items.Any questions about the BoE and BoP? When read the official forums, we can easily find many questions between BoE and BoP. Rusted-Link Spiked Gauntlets, from Grand Widow Faerlina in Naxx-10, are tagged as BoE, not BoP as most boss drops are.
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